Thread: Bay Fishing

Anyone have any tips for fishing the bay around the Navy Cove area? What to use while fishing in the bay?

There are several names for all the places in the Bay...When you say "navy cove" where would you be speaking of?

Fish around docks with bright lights with live shrimp and glass minnow imitations for specks.

I assume you mean Navy Cove on the Fort Morgan Peninsula?
Do you have a boat? If so, fish the marina jetties, piers, oyster reefs and gas rigs. Use live shrimp under a cork or flatlined. Also soft plastics like white twisters & Gulps.
Specs, white trout, redfish & sheepshead.
Fish on a moving tide, no current generally means few bites. Lots of info here:
http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishin...20Calendar.pdf

the rigs in fort morgan hold alot of specks and spanish too.

I always go with live bait on the tried and true "slip-cork" method. It allows you to target fish at any specific depth.

1.)Use a small thread to tie onto your line (they sale them at most bait & tackle stores as well as Academy, Walmart, and Bass Pro). You want to tie it tight enough to where it takes several pounds of resistance to make it slide up and down the line. This will be how you adjust your depth.

2.)Place a bead (comes in pack of small threads you buy) on your line below the thread. this will keep said small thread from sliding through the cork you are about to put on.

3.)take a good sized cork (I typically use a 4-5 inch long weighted cork) and feed your line through the plastic stopper to where it is now below the thread.

4.)Next pleace another bead below the cork.

5.)After that, thread either an egg sinker or a "bullet shaped weight under the bead. I usually use 1/8 - 1 oz depending on how strong the current is where I am fishing.

6.)Then find the smallest swivel you can and tie it on...the smaller the better! Usually ones with a breaking strength of 20-30 lbs are a good size but it also depends on the brand.

7.)Now you are ready to tie a leader to your swivel. I use 2 1/2 - 3 feet of 17lb P-line fluorocarbon but you can go smaller if you feel conident enough.

8.)Last but not least, tie a #10 treble hook to the end of the leader and bingo, bango you got a slip cork setup!